Taliban Battle Opposition Militias, Wield New Power in Kabul

Clashes flared in northern and central Afghanistan between the Taliban and local militias on Wednesday, as the Islamist motion continued to consolidate its grip on electric power in the Afghan money two days soon after the U.S. finished its 20-year presence in the country.

The U.S. now estimates it still left behind the the vast majority of the Afghan interpreters and some others who experienced applied for visas to flee Afghanistan, a senior Point out Department formal reported, irrespective of frantic initiatives to evacuate those people at danger of Taliban retribution in the remaining days of the airlift.